Lifehacker weighs in on the five best EDC knives

[Perd Hapley]

I haven't seen any arguments for restricting permits to firearms. I wonder what those might be. I guess they must argue that the state can't allow people to carry X, unless the required CCW course trains people in how to use X (knives, clubs, blackjacks, etc).

[French G.]

Virginia's CCW law specifically does not. I could carry 4 guns and spare mags and be perfectly legal but add in a 4" double edge knife and I get a free pass to the pokey if a cop wants to enforce it. My reading of VA's other weapons law makes me pretty sure it was written in the old days when the state was may issue and we had to keep all those other weapons out of the hands of the "wrong" people.

[RoadKingLarry]

Bummer.  It would seem logical that if you can carry a gun, pretty much any knife you can strap on would be a downgrade.  I know logic and .gov.

FL is a "License to carry concealed weapon or firearm".  It hadn't occurred to me that some states would limit it to only handguns.

Kind of screwed up. Here in the Sooner state I could legally open carry a brace of 1911s, but if I had a switchblade they'd haul me to jail.

[MillCreek]

http://lifehacker.com/five-best-everyday-carry-knives-1700075192/1700783413/+alanhenry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

The Kershaw Leek is the most popular in the 'five best' list as done by popular vote.

[RoadKingLarry]

Kind of screwed up. Here in the Sooner state I could legally open carry a brace of 1911s, but if I had a switchblade they'd haul me to jail.

As of November 1st,  2015 that will no longer be the case.  Today our Governor signed a law that makes carrying a switchblade legal.

Looks like I'll be buying an auto knife in the not too distant future.

[Balog]

I always thought it was a perfect example of the stupidity of the law that in Seattle I can legally carry this



but not this

[mtnbkr]

I always thought it was a perfect example of the stupidity of the law that in Seattle I can legally carry this
<gun>
but not this
<knife>

Only because there's a strong and active gun lobby and not so much with knives.  It seems once most people get old enough to get a handgun and CCW, they become less militant about knife carry and switch over to "gun nut", relegating knives to utility status.  Not saying it's right, just what I've observed.

Chris